Salaam.

Summer is just the perfect season for any outdoor activity. It's my second favourite after spring ! Kiwis appreciate hot, sunny days alot. I remember passing by a Tennis court one summer day and found a couple of people playing, and it was 3.00 pm, a time when no one in the world would even be outside (well, at least in a tropical country like Malaysia, lol).

To appreciate the warm weather and longer daytime, me and another four friends woke up early on that Thursday morning and we headed east to the Sumner beach to collect some cockles! We brought along two buckets and some light breakfast. Twenty minutes later, we arrived at Beachville where we collected the cockles.

To find good ones, you have to dig into the sand instead of just picking the ones laying on the surface. It was pretty scary when you open the shell only to find hiding quietly inside!
Here go the photos of us by the shore!


Beachville.


Onai!


Cockles!


That's me!

After having fish and chips, we drove home, had showers and some rest. Dinner that night was rice with of course, steamed cockles in hot chilli and tumeric ! Thanks to our awesome chefs Diana and Fiqs! Diana and I washed and cleaned the cockles. Since Onai was too to clean them (thanks to those little active crabs) so she made us some yummy coconut and banana pancakes! We really enjoyed our time at Sumner and the dinner!


The clean cockles!


Our traditional banana pancakes! mashikettaaa~~


When it is cooked, the shell opens itself due to extreme heat!


Spicy yet delicious!